Sensitization to fungal allergens: Resolved and unresolved issues

Allergology International

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 321-331

  Fukutomi, Yuma ^a   Taniguchi, Masami ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergen; Allergy; Cross reactivity; Fungi; Molecular based allergy diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FUNGAL EXTRACT; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BJERKANDERA; CANDIDA; CLADOSPORIUM; COUGHING; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALASSEZIA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM; SENSITIZATION; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; TRICHOPHYTON; FUNGUS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ALLERGENS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84944149923     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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